Seymour W. Duncan is a guitarist and guitar repairman, but is perhaps best known as the man behind Seymour Duncan Pickups, one of the world's leading manufacturers of guitar and bass pickups located in Santa Barbara, California USA. A good portion of Seymour's life has been devoted to studying, and helping to create some of the world's most identifiable guitar tones. Seymour's latest venture is the Antiquity and Antiquity II Series of hand wound and aged pickups which produce the genuine sound and vibe of pickups made in the '50s and '60s. Yngwie Malmsteen, Ben Harper, Slash (Velvet Revolver), George Lynch (Dokken) and Mick Thomson (Slipknot) are all testament to the greatness of Seymour Duncan.